A highly enjoyable series. The focus is on middle-aged gay men and their relationships and, as with Davies, there is always plenty of wittily thoughtful dialogue. The relationships are poignantly effectively depicted without falling into the trap of either sentimentality or implausibility. The lives of the characters are gradually interwoven and characters and are roundly depicted. The Freddie Foix character (visually, and initially dramatically, an archetypical gorgeous self-absorbed twink) developed very well as a much earlier and abusive relationship with a teacher was revealed when he encountered him again and his fear and nervousness on seeing this pretty monstrous person was very powerfully and effectively done. He visibly shrank when he first saw him…
The Manchester setting recalled (obviously) Queer as Folk but this made fascinating viewing after having just seen It’s A Sin. We are now in post-AIDS time but there were a number of references to those times by several of the slightly older characters.
So well worth the time and I look forward to the second series -apparently focusing much more on the younger generation.